The Tran Clan is blessed, or challenged, depending on how close you get to the firebreathers, with not one but TWO dragons in our lair. Both my sister, The Elder, and my mom, Six Queo, are dragons in their own right.
One is a fire dragon; the other water dragon. Both are courageous, strong, intelligent, and sharp as dragon claws.
I, on the other hand, am Ky Mui -- a lowly Earth Goat (or, Ram, if you want to claim Chinese roots). I am supposedly the artistic one, but I think the dragons have got me beat on that score. Their creativity astounds me daily... My mom with her amazing skills, my sister with her whipping wisdom. Like the goat, I often have my head to the ground, losing sight of what is truly important.
On the old Borgia maps, you can find cute little serpent dragons that symbolized uncharted territories containing untold terrors.
As we sail into the year of the dragon, with or without our maps -- and whether unbidden or invited -- I am reminded that these two women are my role models, and they are nothing like those dragons of Borgia maps. However, much like the swirling dragon-serpents on those old maps, these two dragons do indeed show me the way, the path, to take.
To them, I turn for guidance, encouragement, and reflection. When lost, the goat seeks out the dragons. And, surprisingly, when things become a bit scary and uncontrolled, this Goat is reassured when the Dragons say:
Here be dragons.
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